Sweat-pad for horse-coluars



(No Model.)

0. MOLLENCOPF. SWEAT PAD FOR HORSE GOLLARS.

No. 426,674. Patented Apr. 29, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER MOLLENCOFF, OF MALTA, ILLINOIS.

SWEAT-PAD FOR HORSE-COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,674, dated April29, 1890. Application filed March 22, 1889. Serial no. 304,286. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER MoLLEN COFF, of Malta, in the county ofDe Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sweat-Pads for I-Iorse-Collars; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofref erence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sweat-pads for horse-collars;and it consists in the novel construction herein shown, described, andmore particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a front View of a sweat-padconstructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a trans verse sectionalview of the same, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional View of a portion of a sweatpad, taken upon the same line andshowing a different manner of forming the same.

In the drawings, A is the sweat-pad, composed of a soft yieldingabsorbent materialsuch as feltand consisting of a main central portion aand enlarged margins a (L The enlarged margins 60' a are formed, asshown, by binding and rolling the marginal edges of the feltpad; butmanifestly said enlarged or thicken ed portions maybe otherwiseformedas, for example, by making. the mass of felt thicker attheseparts, as indicated in Fig. 3, in which a is the main portion ofthe sweatpad, and a and a are the thickened or enlarged marginalportions form ed integral therewith. The rolled or turned over marginsare retained permanently in position by simply stitching longitudinallythrough a portion of the rolled or turned over part, as illustrated at aThe pad may be composed. of one continuous piece of felt, or it may bemade of two parts and said two parts stitched or otherwise united, as ata The dotted lines B show the position of the collar and illustrate theprincipal function of the two marginal enlargements a a or a ato wit,the holding of the sweat-pad in position between the neck of the animaland the collar without any straps or other clasps. Another function ofthe enlarged margins to a or a a is the stiffness which said rollededges gives to the whole structure, enabling me to retain in shape themain portion a after the same has been shaped to conform to the neck ofthe animal.

The pad may of course be secured to the collar by the usual straps andbuckles, if desired, and this may be a desirable feature if the pad bemade in two portions.

I prefer to make the pad of one thickness of felt, and prefer also tohave the smooth side next the neck of the animal.

hat I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a sweat-pad forhorse-collars, consisting of a single piece of solid felt and having itsmargins of greater thickness than the body or main portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER MOLLENCOFF. Witnesses:

C. CLARENCE PooLE, HARRY Conn KENNEDY.

